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Submitted poem — excerpt
The porch light keeps a small war with the dark,
loses an inch each August night —
and still my mother leaves it burning,
a stubborn coin held up against the tide.
AI feedback
8.4 / 10
- Imagery
- 8.7
- Originality
- 8.1
- Emotional Resonance
- 9.2
- Technical Execution
- 7.6
The porch-light image carries the whole poem — strong, specific, and earns its metaphor. Tighten the third line; “stubborn coin” lands harder without the extra clause before it.
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